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काश्यपी

   { kāśyapī }
Script: Devanagari

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Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English
KĀŚYAPĪ   (Earth). The earth came to be known as Kāśyapī as it had been given as a gift to Kaśyapa by Paraśurāma. “The whole of the earth was given to Kaśyapa and thus it came to be called Kāśyapī”. [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 89] .

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काश्यपी n.  शिखंडिनी देखिये ।

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
काश्यपी  f. af. a female descendant of कश्यप, [VarBṛS.]
the earth (according to a legend of the पुराणs, परशु-राम, after the destruction of the क्षत्रिय race and the performance of an अश्वमेध sacrifice, presented the sovereignty of the earth to कश्यप), [MBh. viii, 3164] ; [Hcar.]
काश्यपी   b (f. of काश्यपq.v.)

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See : पृथिवी, सूर्यः

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